PMID: 20649055Jul 24, 2010Paper

Causative pathogens of fever in neutropenic patients at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet Thangphaet
Pitiya Roongpoovapatr, Chusana Suankratay

Abstract

Infections cause substantial morbidity and morbidity in neutropenic patients. In King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Gram-negative bacteria remained the most common causative pathogen of febrile neutropenia in all three studies conducted before 2002. However, Gram-positive bacteria have become more commonly isolated etiologic pathogens, and the incidence of fungal infection has been increasing since 2005. Determine the infectious etiology of fever in neutropenic patients at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. A retrospective chart review of all medical records of febrile neutropenic patients hospitalized at Department of Medicine between January 1 and December 31, 2006 in accompanying with microbiologic, radiologic, and serologic results was analyzed. There were 125 patients (61 males and 64 females) and 172 episodes of febrile neutropenia with a mean age of 46.5 +/- 18.5 years (range: 15-81 years). The three most common primary diseases associated with neutropenia were acute myeloid leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (36.6%, 33.1%, and 10.5%). Infections could be documented microbiologically and clinically in 84 episodes (48.8%), and primary bacteremia or fungemia was the ...Continue Reading

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Blood And Marrow Transplantation

The use of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or blood and marrow transplantation (bmt) is on the increase worldwide. BMT is used to replace damaged or destroyed bone marrow with healthy bone marrow stem cells. Here is the latest research on bone and marrow transplantation.

Cardiomyopathy

Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle, that can lead to muscular or electrical dysfunction of the heart. It is often an irreversible disease that is associated with a poor prognosis. There are different causes and classifications of cardiomyopathies. Here are the latest discoveries pertaining to this disease.

AML: Role of LSD1 by CRISPR (Keystone)

Find the latest rersearrch on the ability of CRISPR-Cas9 mutagenesis to profile the interactions between lysine-specific histone demethylase 1 (LSD1) and chemical inhibitors in the context of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) here.

B-Cell Lymphoma

B-cell lymphomas include lymphomas that affect B cells. This subtype of cancer accounts for over 80% of non-Hodgkin lymphomas in the US. Here is the latest research.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disease with approximately 20,000 cases per year in the United States. AML also accounts for 15-20% of all childhood acute leukemias, while it is responsible for more than half of the leukemic deaths in these patients. Here is the latest research on this disease.

Related Papers

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet Thangphaet
S AkkasilpaJeerapat Wonchinsri
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet Thangphaet
Krisna Piravej, Wiwan Wiwatkul
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet Thangphaet
Chusana SuankratayKesinee Arunyingmongkol
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet Thangphaet
Pavena BunburaphongNareerat Sumetha-Aksorn
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet Thangphaet
Patcharajiree Pak-artKris Chatamra
© 2021 Meta ULC. All rights reserved